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UNIT-ED- STATES PATENT EEICE. y

PETER PAPINEAU, 0E rAxToN, ILLINOIS.

BUeGY-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,463, dated December18, 1883. Application'led January 16, 1883. (No model.)l

To wZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER PANNEAU, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paxton, in the county of Ford and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in an Attachment forCross-Bars with Buggy-Poles, and I do declare the following to be-afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to `the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure l of the drawings is a longitudinal sectional view of my device.Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view, and Fig. 4is a perspective view of the partD detached from the part A.

This invention has relation to improvements in devices for couplingpoles to cross-bars of vehicles; and it consists in the construction andcombination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the pole, and Bthe cross-bar to which it is connected, and which'is coupled to thefront axle in any ordinary manner. In connecting the pole to thecross-bar before the irons are applied, a single heavy screw, o, ispassed through the center of the cross-bar forward into the rear end ofthe pole.

D D represent the front lateral irons, which are right angular, ornearly so, in form, their forward branches, e, extending along the sidesof the rear end of the pole, and their lateral branches g extendingoutwardly along the front of the cross-bar at each side of the joint.Each iron D is provided with an angular baseiiange, h, extending inwardfrom the forward branch and rearward from the lateral branch. Theseirons D D are designed to fit neatly into the lateral angles, betweenthe rear end of the pole and the cross-bar, the base-ange h beingbrought'in contact with the under side of the pole and the cross-bar,spanning the joint and supporting it from below.l Horizontal transversebolts pass through perforations k in the front branches, e, of theangle-irons and through the pole, as indicated at Z.

N represents the rear iron, which is an elongated strap extending alongthe rear face of the cross-bar, and is provided with perforations m, forthe connecting screws or bolts. Horizontal rearwardly-extending bolts Zpass through perforations k of the lateral branches g of the frontangle-irons, through the crossbar, and through perforations of the reariron, N, serving to secure these parts firmly together. p

This coupling is designed to have great strength. The irons are easilyapplied to a high or low pole, the under surface of the cross-bar beingbeveled more or less to accommodate it to the base-anges of the lateralIrons.

Veb-flanges w are formed between the front and lateral branches of theangle-irons, to add to their strength.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a T-iron for connecting polesor shafts to crossbarswith lateral downwardly-projecting flanges on bothits branches.

Having described this invention, .what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The lateral pole-coupling irons D, having the front branches, e, and therear lateral branches, g, the angular base-flanges h, extending inwardand rearward, and the webflanges w between the forward and lateralbranches, in combination with the pole, crossbar, and rear iron, N,connected together by securing bolts and nuts, substantially as specied.

Y In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

I. PAPIFNEAU.

Witnesses:

J. S; FREnERIcx, J. R.' KENNII.A

